Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:08:55 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [159/244] ipc/mqueue.c: fix mq_open() return value |
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On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 02:51:51PM -0400, Doug Ledford wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > > Um, that's the way this patch is upstream, right? So perhaps it > > should > > be fixed there first and then I can take the fix into -stable? > > Upstream is a bit of a fuzzy statement ;-) It might be in -next, but > it's not in Linus' tree or Andrew's -mm tree or else my recent patches > would have conflicted.
Sorry, I ment Linus's tree, that's where it matters for the stable releases.
> And in fact, upon further reflection, I think maybe that particular > test could use being split into two distinct tests. One for wrapping > the byte counter, which would return -ENOMEM, and one for exceeding > RLIMIT_MSGQUEUE which would return -EPERM (not sure if that's right, I > would have to poke around elsewhere, but it seems a better response > when you are violating a ulimit than nomem to me anyway).
Ok, care to get the patch into Linus's tree and then I can take it into stable?
greg k-h
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